II. Listening Skills
Dialog 1
Girl 1: What do you think of this miniskirt, Amy Pretty hot stuff, eh
Girl 2: Wow…it’s pretty short. My mom would never let me wear something like that.
Girl 1: My mom’s cool. She lets me make my own decisions about clothes.
Girl 2: Not my mom. She’d be mad if I came home in a skirt like that.
Girl 1:Let’s both got one; then maybe your mom wouldn’t be so upset if we both wore the same skirt.
Girl 2: Well…maybe.
2. The first girl(The girl who suggests wearing the short skirt.)
Dialog 2
Mother: Lily, where did you get that skirt You can’t wear that. It’s much too short! What will others think
Lily: You don’t understand fashion. It’s what everyone is wearing. I think it looks very attractive.
Mother: Nonsense, it’s only suitable for a supermodel on the catwalk. It’s not meant for ordinary people like us. Your dad is sure to say the skirt is far too revealing!
Lily: But it’s really in high fashion; everyone is wearing clothes like this.
Mother: Not everyone. Your friend Amy would never wear a skirt like that!
[Amy comes in, wearing the same style of short skirt!]
Lily: Look, Amy has come. She’s wearing the same skirt!
Mother: My God, I give up.
1. B
2. No, she hasn’t.
III. Listening In
Task 1: A Woman’s Funny Dress
Lily: Mom, look at that woman. Her dress looks funny.
Mother: I wouldn’t say that, Lily. It looks fine to me.
Lily: Are you kidding She’s out of fashion. That’s last year’s style.
Mother: Oh, come one, as long as it looks good on her.
Lily: Wow, you’re really as out-dated as she is.
Mother: You’re right. I’m out of date. So what What’s the point of following the fashion
Lily: No wonder you never buy me new dresses.
1.looks funny
2.looks fine to her
3.is behind the times
4.went out
5.looks good on her
6.out-dated
7.keeping herself in style
8.no wonder
Task 2: How is fashion decided
Fashion designers design and make fashionable clothes for men and women. They deign trends and create new styles. Paris has been the traditional center of world fashion, though recently British designers have had great influence in setting new styles, and so have certain designers in the United States and Italy. French designers guard the secrets of their new designs until their collections are shown to the public. Then pictures of the styles are published in newspapers and magazines all over the world. People from many countries travel to Paris to buy the clothes and copy the newest ideas. In January they go to see the spring clothes; and in July, to see the autumn designs. Many dress manufacturers from other countries buy the original clothes of the famous French designers. They then take them back to their own sewing rooms, where the clothes are copied and made up in great numbers. That’s why you may be able to buy in your town the clothing
